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Python Flask Basics Welcome to Flask Request args

hi cant figure out what is wrong with my code, can someone help me

Challenge Task 1 of 1 Import request from Flask. Then update the index view to return "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with a name argument in the query string.

flask_app.py
from flask import Flask
from flask import request

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def index(name="farai"):
    return "Hello {}".format(name)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

You're close, but you haven't called the "request.args.get" function yet to get the data from the query string.

okay got it !

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

farai ted mandoreba — Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!